Advancements in Monitoring Water Quality Based on Various Sensing Methods: A Systematic Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Comparison of Various Water Quality Monitoring Methods
2.1. Traditional Methods versus Modern Methods in Monitoring Water Quality
2.2. Methods of Monitoring Water Quality in Various Countries
2.3. Water Quality Monitoring Methods in Malaysia
3. Common Methods of Water Quality Monitoring System
3.1. Virtual Sensing System
3.2. IoT and Real-Time Implementation of Water Quality Monitoring
3.3. Cyber-Physical System
3.4. Optical Techniques
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chemical Properties | Biological Properties | Physical Properties |
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Dissolved oxygen(DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand(BOD) | Bacteria | Turbidity |
pH level Ammonia Salinity Harness Organic Compounds Metals | Algae Viruses | Temperature Color Taste and Odor Suspended Solids Metals |
No. | Water Quality Monitoring Method | Types of Contaminant/Water Quality Parameters | Real-Time Monitoring | References |
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1. | IoT environment such as Intel Galileo Gen 2 which acted as an interface to obtain data from multiple electronics sensors. | pH, dissolved oxygen concentration, turbidity, and temperature. | Yes | [19] |
2. | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system was integrated with IoT technology to determine water contaminations, leakage in pipeline and automatic measure of several water parameters with Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) module. | Temperature, color, turbidiy. | Yes | [20] |
3. | Real-time bacteria sensor to detect four different types of specified water pollution locations. The result was compared with laboratory analysis. It demonstrates the benefit of the bacteria sensor over turbidity sensors in monitoring bacteria in drinking water as early warning of microbiological pollutions. | Bacteria or abiotic particles. | Yes | [21] |
4. | Several technologies for water quality monitoring such as discontinuous sample-based methods for biological and non-biological contaminants. Then, for in-line sensor monitoring, there are sensor placement approach, microfluidic sensors, and spectroscopic techniques. | Biological: Escherichia coli (E. coli), Intestinal enterococci. Chemical: aldicarb, glyphosate, colchicines and nicotine. Physical: temperature, conductivity, pH, ORP and turbidity simultaneously. | No | [22] |
5. | Near Infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy to predict water quality in Aceh River based on salinity and total dissolved solids. | Total dissolved solids | No | [23] |
6. | Toxicity tests to detect chemical contaminants specifically toxic and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) level method to indicate contaminants by microorganisms. | Toxicity level and microorganisms. | No | [24] |
7. | IoT technology development such as ThingSpeak to monitor the water quality. Data from multiple sensors which are connected to Arduino is sent to cloud using ThingSpeak. | pH value, turbidity, level of water in the tank, temperature, and humidity. | Yes | [25] |
8. | A rapid Ultraviolet (UV)/Visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy method for water quality monitoring and the water is sourced from on-farm root vegetable washing processes. The measurement is based on UV-VIS absorbance and used statistical methods such as principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS) regression. | Physical: Suspended solids, pH, BOD, COD, color dilution. Chemical: Organic substances, nitrogen, phosphorus Biological: E.coli, coliform bacteria pathogenic microorganisms | No | [26] |
9. | Biological and chemical contaminants in water where polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a suitable method for bacteria detection in water samples, based on extraction and replication of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragment samples. | Microorganisms and viruses. | Yes | [24] |
10. | IoT based system in water monitoring by adding LEDs. The LEDs lighted up depending on the range of water quality that was detected by several sensors. The system was connected to Raspberry Pi, programmed with Java. | pH, turbidity, chlorine, nitrate, and electrical conductivity. | Yes | [27] |
11. | Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) as new modern bacteria detection method, based on ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopy in surface and water waters. | Bacteria | No | [28] |
12. | An efficient bacterial rapid detection using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy technology based on the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) and fluorescence intensity to retrieve the bacteria concentrations. | Bacteria: E.coli, K.pneumonia, S.aureus | Yes | [29] |
13. | A wireless multi-sensor system by integrating the temperature, pH, DO, and EC sensors with an ESP32 Wi-Fi module platform to monitor water quality of freshwater aquaculture. The estimated salinity level is by EC level sensing data. | Temperature, pH, DO, electrical conductivity (EC), salinity level | Yes | [30] |
14. | A multi-source transfer learning (MSTL) for water quality prediction and effectively used water quality information of multiple nearby monitoring points to improve the water prediction accuracy and reduce bias. | Water quality information such as DO, phosphate, water temperature, nitrite | Yes | [31] |
15. | Virtual sensing system feasibility from physical sensor methods for water quality assessment and focused on the water use for agricultural purposes. | pH, turbidity, temperature, conductivity, DO, total phosphorus | Yes | [32] |
16. | Various effective water quality monitoring system (WQSN) for fishponds using IoT and underwater sensors to record the parameter values continuously in the regular time interval using Arduino/Raspberry Pi board. | pH, DO, nitrogen, ammonia, temperature | Yes | [33] |
17. | An online UV-Vis Spectrophotometer for drinking water quality monitoring and process control. The approach is reagent-free, does not require sample pre-treatments and can provide continuous and reliable water parameter measurement with quicker response compared to conventional techniques. | Color, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total organic carbon (TOC), turbidity, nitrate | Yes | [34] |
Parameters | NA | ADE | HACC | NA |
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pH | <5.7 | 5.3–6.7 | 6.5–8.7 | >8.5 |
Dissolved oxygen | <3 | 2.9–5.1 | 5.1–11.1 | >11 |
Electrical conductivity | <300 | 290–510 | 500–1050 | >1000 |
Oxygen reduction potential | <550 | 530–670 | 650–820 | >800 |
Temperature | <2 | 1.9–10 | 9–36 | >35 |
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Zainurin, S.N.; Wan Ismail, W.Z.; Mahamud, S.N.I.; Ismail, I.; Jamaludin, J.; Ariffin, K.N.Z.; Wan Ahmad Kamil, W.M. Advancements in Monitoring Water Quality Based on Various Sensing Methods: A Systematic Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14080. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114080
Zainurin SN, Wan Ismail WZ, Mahamud SNI, Ismail I, Jamaludin J, Ariffin KNZ, Wan Ahmad Kamil WM. Advancements in Monitoring Water Quality Based on Various Sensing Methods: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21):14080. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114080
Chicago/Turabian StyleZainurin, Siti Nadhirah, Wan Zakiah Wan Ismail, Siti Nurul Iman Mahamud, Irneza Ismail, Juliza Jamaludin, Khairul Nabilah Zainul Ariffin, and Wan Maryam Wan Ahmad Kamil. 2022. "Advancements in Monitoring Water Quality Based on Various Sensing Methods: A Systematic Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21: 14080. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114080